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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
Sushma Shrikant Trivedi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph P. Bratt, San Jose, CA (US);
Vaughn Todd Arnold, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
William C. Athas, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Chen, Lafayette, CA (US);
Sushma Shrikant Trivedi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joseph P. Bratt, San Jose, CA (US);
Vaughn Todd Arnold, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
William C. Athas, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason Chen, Lafayette, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for computing an absolute difference of two vectors of numbers. In one aspect of the invention, a method for execution by a microprocessor in response to receiving a single instruction includes: receiving a first plurality of numbers and a second plurality of numbers; and generating simultaneously a third plurality of numbers, each of which is an absolute difference between a number in the first plurality of numbers and a number in the second plurality of numbers. The above operations are performed in response to the microprocessor receiving the single instruction.